I'm still super pumped up from visiting Hambly Studios in Santa Clara! OMG! All that Hambly in one place......YAY! In the back of the studio they set up a little shopping section and I got my shop on!!!!! Tons of awesome overlays and papers..........and even some limited edition stuff! Allison Kreft who designs the papers took a group of us on a tour of the studio..........we saw the actual screen prints being made! The prints are actually hand screen silked, one by one then put through a dryer, then quality control inspected. It was super cool to see the big machines and cool paint stained screen print templates.........awesome. I loved it. I had no idea that Hambly made stickers too! Michael's carries all of their metallic stickers, like what teachers and kids use. They even make callendars too!Allison showed us how she comes up with designs and her cool scrap space she has set up in the studio. Totally sweet and cool girl. Hambly is going places people! Can't wait to see what they have in store for us in the future! I loved getting the opportunity to meet her and see the studio!
Later that day I drove to Suzy West's house in Fremont. Suzy has a store in her garage, aptly called "The Garage!" How cool is that? She had tons of cool papers and supplies everything from KI paper to Petaloo flowers and Technique Tuesdays stamps. It was awesome! Being that it was about 90 degrees outside we were all baking like cupcakes in "The Garage"......they had tons of fans going...........now to the fun part! Ali and Cathy Z were there!!! Ali is really tall and super funny/loud! I thought her to be more of the quiet type......she was totally fun! She loved my necklace and shoes......and we compared holes in our trendy jeans.......how cute is she? Cathy remembered me from Alabama and the Scrap ETC event! She had nothing but great things to say about the event and Monique! Snapped a few pics with them and finally made it home by 10 p.m.
Blogger is not letting me post pics...................click on the link below to see them on a PhotoBucket stream.
Hambly Tour Photos
ooh sounds like you had a blast. FUN FUN :)
ReplyDeleteSooooo wishin' I was you! Man how cool is that? I'll bet you had a ball like a kid in Willie Wonka's factory! It's funny that Cathy Z remembred you too!
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing those pics... totally making me drool!
ReplyDeleteOMG I am so jealous! I wanna see the studios so bad. Thanks for helping me live vicariously through your photos. And seeing some of my layouts up on the wall.....yay!!!
ReplyDeletehey girl! i had a tons of fun meeting you too! i'm glad you hung around for awhile so we could chat.
ReplyDeleteOMG how fricking cool and luck you are! "The Garage" how fun!!
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